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Re:New Member Disillusioned With Bike :( 1 Year, 3 Months ago
ricks_1969 wrote: Does anybody know what thread size and pitch the oil plugs are?? No problem if not, Ill just take one out It would just save me going out under the bike again, lol... I just did a little research and found that they are M14 x 1.5 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/310341828582?

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2011/09/14 19:40

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2011/09/14 20:04

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2011/09/14 20:04

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2011/09/14 20:14

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2011/09/14 20:21

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2011/09/14 20:37

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2011/09/14 21:07

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jd750ace

2011/09/14 22:16

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2011/09/15 07:31

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2011/09/16 10:17

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2011/09/16 13:53

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2011/09/14 21:21

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2011/09/14 20:16

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2011/09/14 20:33

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2011/09/14 20:12

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2011/09/14 20:18

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2012/02/07 02:48

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2012/02/07 09:15

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2012/02/07 09:24

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2012/02/07 20:57

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2012/02/07 21:01

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2012/02/08 06:47

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2012/02/08 08:05

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2012/02/08 08:32

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scottw

2012/02/21 17:06

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ricks_1969

2012/02/08 19:51

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2012/02/08 10:31

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2012/02/08 12:38

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2012/02/08 12:42

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2012/02/08 17:32

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2012/02/07 09:45

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2012/02/09 21:06

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ricks_1969

2012/02/21 02:46

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2012/02/21 07:59

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2012/02/21 08:28

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2012/02/21 11:34

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2012/02/21 11:40

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ricks_1969

2012/02/21 16:15

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nightstar57

2012/02/21 16:23

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ricks_1969

2012/02/21 16:33

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Fe Fanatic

2012/02/21 16:51

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ricks_1969

2012/02/21 17:11

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Fe Fanatic

2012/02/21 17:17

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ricks_1969

2012/02/21 17:32

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Fe Fanatic

2012/02/21 19:56

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texasscott1

2012/02/21 20:22

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texasscott1

2012/02/21 17:06

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JEastonjr

2012/02/21 06:21

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ricks_1969

2012/02/22 07:05

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2012/02/22 07:54

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Fe Fanatic

2012/02/22 09:27

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Fe Fanatic

2012/02/22 13:02

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ricks_1969

2012/02/22 17:13

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old dog

2012/02/22 13:23

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2012/02/22 17:17

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2012/02/23 01:32

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Tug

2012/02/23 01:46

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2012/05/15 00:13

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nasomi

2012/05/15 05:32

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ricks_1969

2012/05/16 05:03

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nasomi

2012/05/16 07:15

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ricks_1969

2012/05/24 00:22

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Tug

2012/05/24 00:53

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blue star

2012/05/24 01:56

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Scrap

2012/05/24 06:08

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